While this would be a great, rewarding option, why on earth would you want to b around fake ass pharma reps at a meeting? It's nothing but a bunch of posers pretending to be something they are not. Sure there are some good folks out there, but I have never seen a bunch of whiny-ass entitled MF'ers in all my life. You think some of your gate keepers shat on you, 'cause they were low on the pecking order and who else better to give attitude to than a drug rep. Who do you think the disgruntled drug rep will shat on, you, the kind, caring event host just doing there job! Sure there are some outliers but I just sit back and watch the wanna-be's at meeting and shake my head.
While this would be a great, rewarding option, why on earth would you want to b around fake ass pharma reps at a meeting? It's nothing but a bunch of posers pretending to be something they are not. Sure there are some good folks out there, but I have never seen a bunch of whiny-ass entitled MF'ers in all my life. You think some of your gate keepers shat on you, 'cause they were low on the pecking order and who else better to give attitude to than a drug rep. Who do you think the disgruntled drug rep will shat on, you, the kind, caring event host just doing there job! Sure there are some outliers but I just sit back and watch the wanna-be's at meeting and shake my head.
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If you look at all health care sales jobs across the health care spectrum, pharmaceutical sales is the bottom of the barrel.
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Wow. This comment is obviously from an individual lacking in many ways. A good rep will know their sales aid inside and out, including the sources of information. A great rep will know local healthcare current events to share valuable information with physicians to keep them in the loop. You create your value to your customer so they see you every other week or so. Nothing compares to face to face interactions and building relationships.
QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4223765"]Time for a gut check-- do you really do anything different than that? Internal paperwork and ass-kissing doesn't count. In a typical day, what do you do, other than those things, to increase awareness of your product and improve market share? It's a sincere question.[/QUOTE]
QUOTE="Anonymous, post: 4223765"]Time for a gut check-- do you really do anything different than that? Internal paperwork and ass-kissing doesn't count. In a typical day, what do you do, other than those things, to increase awareness of your product and improve market share? It's a sincere question.[/QUOTE]
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bottom line, Pharma reps are highly paid "sample droppers". Stay too long and you're considered "lazy" sample droppers.
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bottom line, Pharma reps are highly paid "sample droppers". Stay too long and you're considered "lazy" sample droppers.[/
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bottom line, Pharma reps are highly paid "sample droppers". Stay too long and you're considered "lazy" sample droppers.
True, but retirement arrives at 50!!!
See you all there!
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Don't you guys understand:
It's over...Pharma is over this crap. No more "detailing" or "new and better" me-too's. It's all sampling and sigs, and that's not going to pay anything worthwhile to anyone. The industry invented contract sales to cut in-field promotional costs to the bone, and that is exactly what is happening. This will soon be an industry reveling in retired old people and part time moms, and nary a professional salesperson to be found.
Go find a real job...if you can. The industry that you will soon be forced to leave is history. Get over it, and seek better. It's out there, and for you to find it.
It's the 21st Century now. You should have majored in engineering instead.
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Contract companies are raping the industry for anything that is left worth having. They keep a big chunk for themselves for nothing more than administering a pay cheque.
Bonus is arbitrary. Car allowances are a joke. And don’t even think about benefits. They are awful. Go back to school. I am.
Bonus is arbitrary. Car allowances are a joke. And don’t even think about benefits. They are awful. Go back to school. I am.
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How the F do you find an ancient thread and just randomly post on it? Geez….Contract companies are raping the industry for anything that is left worth having. They keep a big chunk for themselves for nothing more than administering a pay cheque.
Bonus is arbitrary. Car allowances are a joke. And don’t even think about benefits. They are awful. Go back to school. I am.
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If a contract company pays 100k base with 20k target bonus, what cut is the contract company getting from the manufacturer?Contract companies are raping the industry for anything that is left worth having. They keep a big chunk for themselves for nothing more than administering a pay cheque.
Bonus is arbitrary. Car allowances are a joke. And don’t even think about benefits. They are awful. Go back to school. I am.
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This is the OP. Thank you for your response. You are right. I need to explore my interests and figure out what I am going to do. The hard part is figuring out which direction to head. I actually talked to a recruiter today that said "In device sales, they really do not want tenured pharmaceutical reps. They see them as people that drop off bagels and get signatures for samples - not real sales people." I was shocked to hear this. That is the perception out there unfortunately. I find that way of thinking offensive.
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I’m retired. I eat copious amounts of pot. Smoke ribs , briskets and chicken while watching Fox News or YouTube. I’ve seen every series known to man. I also masturbate a lot while my wife is a NP at our local hospital